Contemporary Media Practice - BA (Hons) Top up

(For 2018, this course title will change to BA (Hons) Top up Moving Image Production) - read more

Validated by: University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

UCAS code: 8B07

Institutional code: H65

This course has been designed to provide you with a critical understanding of contemporary and future debates within the media industry. It will equip you with critical, technical and transferable skills that will enable you to progress into a career in the industry.

The aims of the programme are to:

Develop and promote employability skills through live briefs, competitions, enterprise, integration with the community and awareness of career opportunities and current practices, preparing students for a career in the media industry

Develop the ability to produce creative and innovative work of high quality applying current industry conventions

Introduce knowledge of a range of production and post production tools and techniques to be applied to professional productions and public exhibitions

Develop transferable skills of self evaluation, independent research and project management and development

Further provide a sound grounding in social and critical issues around media practice which will both underpin post-university work and equip those wishing to embark on postgraduate study

You will be encouraged to be creative and innovative, producing a range of work for live briefs, competitions, enterprise and exhibitions, and gain in-depth knowledge of both production and post production tools and techniques. You will have the opportunity to undertake a work placement at a national media company. The ability to project manage and work independently will be essential requirements. You will have full access to studio space featuring green screen capability, professional cameras, film and sound equipment and the latest Apple Mac computers equipped with editing software.

All students who successfully complete this degree may have the opportunity to progress onto a Master’s level qualification at the University of Central Lancashire or another higher education provider, or may wish to complete a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at the Hugh Baird University Centre. Alternatively, graduates may wish to progress directly into employment.

You don’t need to pay your tuition fees up front - Tuition Fee Loans cover university or college tuition fees and are paid direct to the university or college, by Student Finance England. They are available to all eligible students regardless of household income. The amount you pay back is dependent on how much you earn and not how much you owe and you won’t need to start paying them back until you are earning more than £21,000 per year. Student Loans will also help to support your living costs.

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